Struggling to keep the lights on


Employees of Rito Group, a clothing company, working on a generator in Kyiv.

IT is pre-dawn in the historic Podil district of the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, and warm light from the Spelta bakery-bistro’s window pierces the darkness outside.

On a wooden surface dusted with flour, the baker Oleksandr Kutsenko skilfully divides and shapes soft, damp pieces of dough.

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